Mario Malara

Mario Malara (1754-) was a colonial turncoat who joined Cheyenne chief Napeshneeduta in 1790 after the Battle of Arkansas Plantations.

Biography
Malara was born in Jalisco in central Mexico in the Viceroyalty of New Spain in 1754, and worked as a gold miner. Soon, he enlisted in the Spanish Army and was brought along with them to mine gold in Texas instead. But after the Cheyenne massacred a Spanish army in the Battle of Arkansas Plantations in summer 1790, Malara decided to follow Chief Napeshneeduta, saying that he would change his way of life. He aided Napeshneeduta, giving him a bonus in fighting against Europeans.